Disclaimer: This method isn't new, it's been around for years. You can literally search "Google &udm=14" and there will be tons of websites and videos tutoring you on how to get a clean Google search without AI Overview or even ads.
So why am I making this post? Because I've seen some recent posts on this sub (and even one from r/mildlyinfuriating) about using "-ai" in the search query to remove AI Overview, only result that it doesn't really work anymore, and that there's already an existing method that can guarantee removing it completely.
The method is simple: just change your browser's default search engine to use Google's "Web" tab every time you do a Google search, instead of the normal Google search engine. Here's a step by step:
- Go to your Browser settings > Search engine > Manage search engine and site search
- Scroll down to the Site search section > Click on the "Add" button and you'll see the Add site search screen:
- Put whatever you like in the Name and Shortcut fields. For my example I'll use "Better Google" for the Name and "google2" for the Shortcut. Then paste this URL into the final field:
https://www.google.com/search?q=%s&udm=14and click "Add"
- Once done, scroll back down to the Site search section > click the 3 dots on your newly created search engine > Make default
And you're done! Here's what it should look like once you've finished all the steps above:
As an extra step, you could delete all other search engines and keep only the newly created one just to be safe.
Let me know if this help!